Engineering, Built Environment & Spatial Sciences: Recent submissions
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Performance of an all polymer supercapacitor
(2015)Demand for power sources is getting increased day by day due to high usage of electronic equipment. Most widely used power sources are the batteries. However, when energy storage is considered, capacitors are in the ... -
Complex Valued Independent Component Analysis for Image Enhancement
(2015)Independent Component Analysis (ICA), a category of blind source separation, can be effectively used for extraction of unknown independent source signals from signal mixtures in a wide range of signal processing applications. ... -
An Analysis of Speed Drop in ADSL Lines in Sri Lanka
(2015)This paper investigates the possible reasons for the very common problem faced by internet users at present: speed drop in ADSL lines in Sri Lanka. ADSL is a variant of DSL in which unused bandwidth of existing copper cable ... -
Effect of Reduced Graphene Oxide Depositing on n-Cu2O for Solid State Photovoltaic Cell
(2015)A low cost solid state photovoltaic cell made with a simple preparation method of Cu2O and deposition of reduce graphene oxide (rGO) on Cu2O. The graphene oxide was prepared by modified Hummer’s method and deposition of ... -
Aerodynamics Analysis of F-16 Aircraft
(2015)The Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon is the world’s most prolific fighter with more than 2000 in service. The primary objective of this research project is to evaluate the aerodynamics behaviour of the F-16 aircraft ... -
Validation of OpenFOAM as Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Software
(2015)Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) software is doing a critical role in the modern era of engineering. It is very important especially to the aeronautical and aerospace engineering fields. New CFD software comes in to the ... -
Can Taguchi Method be applied to Improve Software Quality ? A Case Study
(2015)Taguchi method was formulated by Dr. Genichi Taguchi for the purpose of improving quality and hence the productivity of industrial products, ref. Burgam (1965), Moen et al. (1992), Peace (1992), Roy (2010). Since then ... -
A New Algorithm for Multipoint Evaluation of Univariate Polynomials
(2015)Let l i n l lin x axp 1 0)( be a univariate polynon mial of degree 1 n defined on ] [x ,where ][ x denotes the ring of polynomials in x over , the field of real numbers and let } ,,{ 1 0 nxxS be any set ... -
Impacts of Mini Hydropower Plants: A research design through preliminary studies
(2015)Hydropower is the number one renewable clean source of energy used for power generation in Sri Lanka when compared with solar, wind and bio mass sources. Despite being identified as a clean source of power generation, the ... -
Effects of Aerodynamics in Virtual Reality Sky Diver and Parachute Jumper Training Simulator for Sri Lanka
(2015)Sky diving and parachuting are sports and kind of military maneuver technique which actions started with the exiting from a moving aircraft or from a relatively stable platform (aero plane, helicopter, higher platform etc) ...